If the mirror isn’t lying, then I know I am faceless. I try to remember what I looked before, this word hangs around me like a fluttering of feathers. I know there is an answer, out there, somewhere, something knows who I am, and while it may seem an unsolvable mystery to me, the truth that can never be uncovered […]
A frayed knot, water drips down its little threads. Hanging barely onto a tree branch, its tyre floats below, among little circlets of water, current not strong enough to pull it from where it’s always lived. Our names carved onto the tree tiptoe the waterline, a gust of wind and they’re submerged, calm returns and we resurface. It runs through […]
Originally published on https://uosstudyingabroad.wordpress.com/ There’s so much pressure when it comes to doing a year abroad. Other peers seems to be having the best time of their life travelling around the world, going to parties, making so many new friends, it can be so easy to feel left out and as if you are wasting these moments if you’re not […]
There’s a room at the back of the heart, I tend to forget about it. Someone points to it. At the locked door, white paint chipping away. Once they leave, I break the lock. Water flows, not sure from where, it reaches my chin now, there’s boxes laying on the tiles below me, journals and boxes slip out, plants creep […]
I threw a cup at it when I was angry, I patched up the shattered glass when I calmed down. Pretty drawings of flowers stuck to the edges, Some days I cannot even glance in its direction, But I cannot ignore it is there either, It reminds me every time I bump into it. I compare it to other mirrors, […]
I think, therefore I paint, I paint, therefore I am. There is a scene that I see reflected on my canvas, Before I can even begin dipping my brushes into crimsons and chartreuses, Of a girl punished for not wanting a love shoved upon her. She bears a sun on her chest, encircled by a viper, And my own burns […]
I am, of course, talking about Zurich. Located in the canton of Zurich, it is common to wander the city and spot luxurious villas with swimming pools by the lake or point out the numerous Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Teslas driving down each street. My day began at the Lausanne train station, where I caught a train to Zurich, which took […]
I have to admit, I’m an excellent ‘two truths and a lie’ player. The pin has been on my jacket since that night, a testament to the fact that I can be extroverted, even if I have to be not sober to become so, which leads to always being met with a chorus of laughs, eye rolls and ‘jeez I […]
Swiss culture is deeply linked to their enjoyment of the great outdoors. It isn’t uncommon to see locals choosing their bikes over their cars, in fact, nearly 2,000 students in Lausanne choose to bike to UNIL (the University of Lausanne). I recently got to experience hiking in Switzerland, another well-loved physical activity here. The hike was to the Oeschinensee […]
Originally published on https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/myslc/year-abroad/preparing-for-a-ya/blogs/france/2023-24 Due to being a languages student at the university of Sheffield, I knew from the moment I was accepted that I would in the future do a year abroad, but that didn’t stop me from being nervous about it. My feelings towards it changed as the years went by, going from ‘that’s so far away in […]